From a sidebar rabbit hole: Fighter misses weight by 28 lbs (!!!) and her opponent is upset.
Posted by
Mop (aka Rburriel)
Jan 15 '18, 22:02
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Now, see, there’s layers and layers of crazy here, all of which can be filed under “Japan is weird”. The fighter is a 6’2” Brazilian fighter, aged 32. Her Japanese opponent (she who is upset) is 5’7”, 53 years old, and a former wrestler and politician. Her weight was 162 lbs. Even if the Brazilian Amazon had made the max weight of 209 lbs, she’s still be 40 lbs (or 25%) heavier than her Japanese opponent.
Weirdest of all... I get that sometimes fighters don’t know if they’re going to make weight. In this case, there was no question. Why didn’t they just call it off before this public humiliation?
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